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#1 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] Steam finally broke » 2026-07-08 22:28:14
PEBKAC!!!
So i fixed it, after reading this thread.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam- … sues/11921
What could possibly cause the two steam components from not being able to communicate with each other.
So I was trying to set the system so eth0 wasn't enabled at boot until a script in rc.local brought it up at the end (after doing some stuff to the network connection and I forgot I did it). So I spent an hour trying to make this work yesterday. I finally used the networking script in init.d, without even considering that if I told it not to setup networking that it would kill lo as well. So no loopback enabled. eth0 came up on the script like intended, but I never enabled localhost. So it appears steam and steamwebhelper communicate together over localhost and since there was no localhost, it crapped out.
So I typed "ifup lo" and fired up steam and it works, no errors.
You live to learn. 
#2 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] Steam finally broke » 2026-07-08 19:54:51
So I had a look in dmesg and found a segfault in steam. 
So if I read it right there is an issue with libX11. Maybe I should post this to the Steam Github and ask what they recommend.
#3 Off-topic » [SOLVED] Steam finally broke » 2026-07-08 17:50:19
- MoonDog
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So i am running oldoldstable (because I hate doing full installs, dist-upgrades always seem to go wrong and then I end up raging and installing something else). So I have had this Chimaera system for the last two years, it works, no hassle. So today some update came through which i thought said dpkg, but what i think it said was dbus. Anyway it broke Steam. I went from playing Elden ring 12 hours ago to a box popping up telling me I have "Error 0x3000" and it looks like Websocket Errors are now the norm. I can click on an option in the box that allows me to ignore and continue, but steam client repeatedly crashes.
src/steamUI/webuitransportcontroller.cpp (175) : Failed to connect to websocket
src/steamUI/webuitransportcontroller.cpp (175) : Failed to connect to websocketSo do I go back to having a tower for gaming and a tower for everything else? That way i could run systemd cancer on a Debian box and literally use it for gaming and nothing else. Not against doing that as it solves problems. Would make my main system a lot cooler, not having the 2080 Ti in it, when all i need is a 1050 Ti or GTX 970 for some basic games. But it's hassle. Or try installing Daedalus again, last time nothing worked.
Does steam work fine in daedalus/excalibur without issue?
#4 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Firefox anon YT browsing defunct » 2026-05-01 13:56:52
I notice they go through phases of hardcore blocking VPN and uBlock users. For instance using a UK VPN or some European VPN gets you a captcha, but swapping to more obscure VPN's can bypass it. Also trying to watch certain videos gives you a demand to log in (CIA video from (possibly) VICE a few weeks back is one I've noticed a late).
My suggestion is VPN and use uBlock with all of the blocklists enabled, CanvasBlocker enabled and self destructing cookies. For me it works maybe 99% of the time, but some videos you can forget about it.
#5 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] openvpn 2.7.1 and excalibur » 2026-05-01 13:50:11
May I ask why you bother with OpenVPN when we have WireGuard?
My ISP completely blocks Wireguard. No dns resolution when using it, can't ping anything and when I asked one of their tech support (a friend from Uni), was told the unofficial policy was to block all wireguard connections via some adaptive AI traffic analysis box, but they won't publicly admit to doing so. He said use OpenVPN on the https port because they don't block OpenVPN since it runs on ports that are used by legitimate services and a lot of businesses use it.
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As to using latest versions, this is one of a handful of programs that I actually compile from source. I'm running 2.7.3 which is the latest. 2.7.1 is old now and 2.7.2 introduced two bug fixes, one that can potentially leak packets on handshake and one that affects servers. Debian packages are rarely fully up to date with the latest releases and definitely not on the day of the new release dropping.
#6 Other Issues » OpenVPN 2.6.4 compiled from source » 2023-06-03 12:16:52
- MoonDog
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I have two machines that run Devuan. One runs stable, the other oldstable.
The oldstable machine was running the current openvpn for oldstable 2.4.7 (off the top of my head). So the VPN company I use decided to do a security overhaul and presumably upgraded all there infrastructure to a newer version. So at some point, that machine stopped connecting because the version was too old. I tried exploring backports, and also explored pulling in OpenVPN from stable, to no avail. I found I could get it to connect by commenting out data-ciphers in the ovpn file, but that's not an ideal solution.
My solution was to build the newest from source. I grabbed all the dependencies from the Devuan repos. I will take over maintaining OpenVPN myself as I would prefer it was up to date (latest version of OpenVPN, ie, 2.6.4 currently).
So my question.
Are there any security implications, besides the obvious need to rebuild when the dependencies get updated?
I do come from a Slackware background and the need to monitor lists and manually upgrade things is not a big problem for me. I did it for years when i ran Slackware.
#7 Re: DIY » [SOLVED] Anyone know how to use privoxy? » 2023-06-03 12:04:16
Used to use it years back, but a lot of it's ad blocking features are better achieved at the browser level, via say ublock origin. You can also do a system wide adblock using the hosts files found at https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm which I also tend to deploy as a more blanket effort against the ad companies.
Nowadays I find Ublock with all blocklists enabled gets rid of 95% of all ads, but some keep sneaking through (duckduckgo, facebook). In the grand scheme of things i don't use the products from FB much so it doesn't bother me.
When i did use Privoxy, I only used defaults. I think that was probably about 15-20 years back.
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